Vauxaillon

Aisne · CC Picardie des Châteaux · INSEE 02768

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 24.4/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 41 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Vauxaillon (INSEE 02768) is in Aisne (02), part of CC Picardie des Châteaux. Population 498 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 24.4/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 41 % of the 17,769 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	1	10	10
Housing mix	0.88	5	4.42

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 0 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE PUBLIQUE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 300 peak 2017: 540 2023: 498 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 504 (2012) → 498 (2023): -1.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 326 (1990) → 498 (2023): 52.8 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 224, of which 5.8 % second homes and 4.5 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Primary school Bakery — 3.0 km WFood shop — 4.0 km NEGP — 4.5 km NEPharmacy — 4.5 km NE Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Leuilly-sous-Coucy): 3 km to the west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Pinon): 4 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Anizy-le-Grand): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Anizy-le-Grand): 4.5 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Vauxaillon): 0.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[11]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 10.8

Days at or below 0 °C 56.6

Muggy days a summer 0.9

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 11 days a year at or above 30 °C and 57 days at or below 0 °C, over 17 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[12]

Measured at the FAUCOUCOURT weather station, 6.9 km away at 100 m; the village itself is at 81 m. ^[12]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[12]

Humidity measured at BRAINE, 16.5 km away at 61 m, over 28 summers. ^[12]

An average of 767 mm of rain a year, spread over 126 days — about 6.1 mm on a day it rains. ^[12]

Rainfall measured at FAUCOUCOURT, 6.9 km away at 100 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[12]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02768/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02768/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02768/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 02768/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02423
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02602
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02018
INSEE BPE 2025 — 02768
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Blargies	60	120 km W	498	19.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Monteynard	38	530 km S	502	24.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 14 % · humidity 93 %
Lalandelle	60	111 km W	504	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Meilhaud	63	438 km S	507	24.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Loubieng	64	744 km SW	491	20.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %
Souzy-la-Briche	91	140 km SW	503	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lalandelle	60	111 km W	504	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Blargies	60	120 km W	498	19.7	No daily shops	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 84 % · humidity 93 %
Souzy-la-Briche	91	140 km SW	503	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Meilhaud	63	438 km S	507	24.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 56 % · winter 80 % · humidity 93 %
Monteynard	38	530 km S	502	24.4	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 85 % · winter 14 % · humidity 93 %
Loubieng	64	744 km SW	491	20.1	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 62 % · winter 59 % · humidity 0 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Vauxaillon's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Lalandelle	60	111 km W	504	21.7	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Souzy-la-Briche	91	140 km SW	503	23.1	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Guiseniers	27	143 km W	493	21.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Marchéville	28	200 km SW	507	22.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Appilly	60	24 km NW	498	18.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 86 % · humidity 93 %
Flexbourg	67	310 km E	485	22.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

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